Overview

Note: The Google Maps Engine API is
deprecated. Support for the Google Maps Engine (GME) product ends on
January 29th, 2016. You can use your existing GME project as well as the
GME API until that date. After January 29th, 2016, GME will be deactivated
and the API will therefore no longer be available.

Google Maps Engine provides a
means to store geographic data and to layer that data on top of the Google
base map. The data can consist of vector and/or raster (imagery) files.

The API provides full functionality for uploading the data into
Google Maps Engine, for processing and maintaining the data, and for associating
the data with the Google Maps Engine components that interact with the Google map.